Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-20
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The suit of George Rice, of Marietta,
against the Chess Carley Oil Company,
formerly operating from Louisville
throughout the South, the Standard Oil
Company, of Cleveland, and the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad Company
has been practically decided against Rice
in the U. S. Circuit Court at Parkers-
burg. tits an interesting case. The suit
originally was for 800, 900 damages by q
conspiracy between the defendants by
which the Chess Carley and Standard
Companies were given lower freight rates
than Rice, their rival in the oil business;
also for $1,000 special damages from the
Louisville and Nashville for oyercharges
in freight toll and for iDjunctiOns tenn
porary and permanent restraining the
defendants from continuing their con-
spiracy and determinations. Judge Jack
son held that previous TO the Interstate
Commerce law, when the suit was filed,
the road was free to fix its rates, but the
charge of conspiracy was proper ground
for the suit He refused the interlOcutory
injunction asked for by Rice in his final
petition on which the case was heard. He
held that there was not sufficient proof OF
discrimination. Both sides excepted to
the decision, and the defense was given
till September 5th to answer the charge
of conspiracy.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT.
On Sunday afternoon little 7-year-old
daughter of John 0'Donnell was buried in
the Catholic Cemetery ut Parkersburg.
Saturday morning she fell from the hay
NOW to the ground, distance of several
feet, resulting in death.
A SUBSCRIPTION SUIT DECIDED.
OF the 1855, 900 subscribed to the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad by Jefferson coun-
ty, Sl8, 900 was retained to pay for land
damages and engineering expenses. The
Board of Supervisors afterwards revoked
its order to reserve so much Of the amount
of the county's subscription for this pur-
pose, but did not deliver to the railroad
company the said Sl8, 100 of bonds. The
railroad company, holding that the bonds
belonged to it, assigned its claim to Satter-
lee & Co., who brought suit against the
county for the bonds undeliyered. The
case was recently tried in Charlestown be-
fore jury, which brought in verdict IN
favor of the county. The chief question
of fact was whether the railroad company
has earned all of the $250,0O0. The YER
dict declared that only $217, OO0 had been
expended in the county.
THREE NARROW ESCAPES.
Three citizens of Berkeley county had
narrow escapes from death last week,
through attacks by mad bulls. L. }.
Bishop, of Shanghai, was engaged in milk
ing his cows, Monday morning, when a
young Durham bull tossed him. John l..
Morrison, living near Bedington, was at
tackled by Holstein bull, and he and his
horse both badly hurt. The third victim
was Mr.. Daniel Sutton, who was knocked
down and would have been killed had not
o colored man, armed with pitchtork,
drove the animal away.
OOMlNt III 1hE fhONIs
There is a decided revival in the oil pro-
auctions of the Volcano field, in Wood
county, the cause being the opening up of
the new territory OF the Fargo Oil Com
pauy. This new territory lies Immediately
adjoining the worked region, but has hith-
erto been considered out of the belt. The
drill proves it TO contain the oil Just the
same. The maximum production OF the
entire field Just now is about go barrels
per day, but there seems to be no reason
why it should not be increased speedily to
700 or 800 barrels per day, what it was
eight or ten years ago.
TRIED IT. SUICIDE.
Emsey Garnes, who lives on POca, Jack
son county, attempted TO commit suicide
Sunday, with pocket-knife He almost
severed the wind-pipe, but is still alive at
this writing, though it is SAID there is no
chance for his recovery. He Is about
twenty-seveD years old, and is supposed to
have been insane.
SHOT HIMSELF.
John Page, the adopted son Of X. P.
Page, living on Tygart, about nine miles
from Parkersburg, shot himself in the
groin Friday evening, about o'clock, with
double barreled shot gun. The shooting
was accidental. He was standing on a log
and slipped to the ground, the hammer OF
the gun striking the log and discharging
the gun. He died in the greatest agony
He was twenty-thTee years of age aud
single.
THE EMMA ROBINSON MURDER.
On Wednesday morning Henry Black
and Moses Wells were arrested at Morgan
town for the murder of Emma Robinson.
A chain of evidence has been discovered
by Detective J. w. Haggerty. The above
mentioned parties are in Jail and other ar
rests are to be made. Considerable ex-
citement prevails over these arrests, as the
blood of the murdered woman cries loud
for vengeance.
A SNAKE STORY.
The residence of Mr.. Elmer Jones, near
West Fairmont mines, was the scene of
novel as we'll as q terrifying experience one
day last week. While Mrs. Jones was
about her work, clearing the supper
table, her attention was attracted by
slight noise overhead, and looking up she
was Mortified at seeing the head and about
half the body of. a huge blacksnake sus-
pended from an old fiue hole in the ceiling
that opened into small garrett under the
roof. Calling her husband, the snake was
at once dispatched. Presently another
snakes head protruded from the same
hole and its owner met the same fate; and
hearing q Oommotion in the garnet MIR.
Jones went up with light and two more
of the reptiles were discovered and killed
the first measuring five and a half feet,
two of the others four and half feet and
the fourth three feet in length. No others
were seen at the time, but since then sew
eral have been discovered but none caught.
Mr.. Jones is obliged to seek other quar-
tiers, and in order to be nearer his business
will remove to town as soon as he can Sc